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WASHINGTON Merry-Go-Round Merry-Go-Rounders Give 'Brass Ring' to Admiral Leahy, 'Boss' Of Roosevelt's Navy By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN (Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of naval operations, who has pressed for President Roosevelt's $800,000,000 naval building program before Congress, today gets the Brass Ring, entitling him to a free ride on The Merry-Go-Round.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. One thing Franklin Roosevelt has done for the navy which, although much less spectacular than building battleships, is almost as important, is to shflkp nn tho son-rlrxra who have been vegetating at its top.

If vou are coiner to spend a billion extra dollars in big guns and armor plate, it becomes of more than passing importance that we have officers competent to steer these toys around. And during the Hoover-Coolidge administrations the minds of the admirals were so knotted in red tape, and their lives so restricted by an undeviating round of cock-tailing, desk-warming and golfing that it would have done the country no good to have built "more battleships even had Congress been willing to pay for them. In fact the new cruisers finally built by the admirals during the Hoover administration all rolled so badly that it spoiled the aim of their new eight-inch guns, and suffered from cracked stern posts which had to be mended at an extra cost of per. During the eight years he served as Assistant Secretary of the navy, however, Franklin Roosevelt really got to know something about naval personnel, and under his inspiration the navy actually has begun to weed out some not all of the officers whose high rank depended largely upon the size of their wife's income or their technique on the golf course. Chief Weeder The man who has done most of the house-cleaning for the President is Admiral William D.

Leahy, whose title is chief of naval operations, but who, with a sick and aged secretary of the navy, is today the actual boss of the navy department. The above statement must be qualified immediately on one important point. On general policy Roosevelt himself is very much the actual boss of the navy. However Leahy visits the Whits House regularly twice a week and the two men pull together perfectly. Leahy is one of the few officers in either branch of the service who calls the President "Franklin." -a'ly got to know Roosevelt in lr'2 during the first year of the 'son administration, when, as a commander, he served as director of target practice, later was ass gncd to the bureau of navigation" Assistant Secretary Roosevelt was then an energetic youngster of 30.

Leahy was 37. And to some extent the older man helped initiate his senior executive into the navy. They have been good friends ever since. Boy Like so many other high-ranking naval officers, Leahy Is a midwesterner. He was born in the small town of Hampton, Iowa, where they scarcely know a dreadnaught from a mud-scow.

A few years after graduation from Annapolis he was stationed on the West Coast, where he met Louise Harrington of San Francisco, the sister-in-law of Admiral Niblack, who, after the war, commanded tt fleet in Europe. Miss Jfiarrington's family demurred at the marriage, and it was not until Niblack put a word in for the gawky youngster from the that they consented. Ihat Niblack told them was Leahy would go far in the iy. That prediction was made years ago, and the secret of 1 intervening success has a combination of gunnery i the ability to handle per-: inel plus a lot of hard work, lese are combinations ffot al- found together in the navy. of the good technicians are good at handling men, and versa.

Leahy is one of the best nery experts in the navy. while Roosevelt was still stant secretary of the navy, hy was director of gunnery cises and headed a board to a new policy for fire control. 1 sr he became chief of the 1 Jau of ordnance. ly vs. Navy 1 his present job as chief of al operations Leahy Is the na- No.

1 admiral. Theoretically, Joes not have the power over bureau chiefs that is exercised chief of staff of the army, actually he docs. 4ot lonn ago, the navy was ving with the army over the trdination of their air forces. long other things the navy nted more planes to train Its erve officers in advance of 1 completion of the present i Iding program. The navy itended that with a scarcity Continued on Page Eleven) SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE SNOW OF FUEL SOLUTION Mixture of Gasoline.

Kerosene Ignited; Woman May Die, Soldier Also Treated A man and a woman were burned. the latter so critically that she may die, at 3 p.m. yesterday, when a water-proofing solution which they were mixing at a San Bernardino home ignited and exploded. The flaming liquid showered Mrs. Alice Proctor, 29 years old, causing first and second degree burns which hospital attendants said may result fatally.

Buel Troop, 33, March field soldier, suffered less serious burns. The accident occurred at Mrs. Proctor's home at 168 South Arrowhead avenue. MIXING SOLUTION Mrs. Proctor and Troop were mix ing a solution of gasoline and kerosene to water-proof a tent.

According to Troop, the fuel suddenly ignited and an explosion followed. A Stephens Bobbitt ambulance rushed the pair to the county hospital. Troop was released after emergency treatment for burns on his right hand. Physicians said that Mrs. Proctor suffered serious burns on her back and arms and legs.

Her condition was described as "very poor." WHAT'S DOING TODAY 7:30 a. m. Equitable Life Assurance salesmen breakfast, California hotel. 10 a. m.

Board of supervisors, courthouse. 12 noon San Bernardino County Democratic luncheon club, Nathan P. Porter, speaker, Callfor. nia hotel. 12 noon Executive board of San Bernardino Business and Professional Women's club, Mapes cafeteria.

12 noon San Bernardino County Bar association, Mapes cafeteria. 12 noon San Bernardino City Recreation commission, Mapes cafeteria. 12 noon Orange Show board of directors, California hotel. 12 noon Inter-service club council, Mapes cafeteria. 1 p.

m. Women of the Moose, Moose hall. 2 p. m. County planning commission, supervisors' chambers, courthouse.

6 p. m. State Music Teachers' association dinner, California hotel. 6 p. m.

Junior Business and Professional Women's club, California hotel. 6:30 p. m. Hi-Y clubs, senior and sophomore chapters, Y. M.

C. A. banquet hall. 6:30 p. m.

Sunday School board, First Methodist church. 6:30 p. m. San Bernardino Elks lodge, C. E.

Grier, speaker, Elks' clubhouse. 7 p. m. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Eagles hall. 7:30 p.

m. Carpenters' local, Labor temple. 7:30 p. m. Phoenix lodge, Masonle temple.

7:30 p. m. Damascus lodge, Odd Fellows' hall. 7:30 p. m.

Modern Woodmen of America, Knights of Pythias hall. 7:30 p. m. City council, council chambers, city hall. 8 p.

m. Pioneer society benefit card party, Pioneer Log cabin. 8:15 p. m. Concert, Bronislaw Gimpel, violinist, junior college social hall.

TODDY WILL VDO SIGN. NO 1 TOUR NAME Q5T IN OIM THI5 II NED IN EXPLOSION LURES THRONG INTO MOUNTAINS PUPPETS TO "Patrick O'Stone" and "Reginald Egbert Simp," two of the outstand ing performers in Chet B. Stone's "Puppet show," which appears torn or row night at the Men's club of the at left, is shaking hands with "Pat Chet B. Stone At Dinner Session of Chet B. Stone's "Puppet show," an entertaining troupe of miniature actors, will be seen tomorrow night In a performance before the Men's club of the First Methodist church at 8 o'clock.

The show will follow a dinner session of the which will begin at 6:30. Featured in the performance are "Patrick O'Stone" and "Reginald Egbert Simp." Other stars are "Willie" and Representatives of the San Bernardino chamber of commerce will meet with executives of the Mutual Orange Distributors in Redlands early this week to formulate plans for a "National Orange Week." Harry F. Graney, president, and Sheffield J. Arnold, secretary-manager of the chamber, will meet with Bruce W. McDaniel, general manager, and A.

E. Isham, field manager of the M. O. to discuss the proposed week. "The chamber of commerce will OTT I offer to sponsor for the city nls lexl eorews a try, a 'National Orange we neglect so Arnold said, "with the idea o.i a saivauon.

Ma an in He said uiating ana enlarging me maricet. for our citrus fruits. "The week would include an intensive advertising campaign, tying in with the markets, both independent and chain. A great deal of employment would also be provided by the proposed program," he stated. "It would be the purpose of the week to make the country 'orange' minded.

The sale of oranges during the week would feature the program, but it is the hope that the week would build up the entire citrus industry of California, particularly San Bernardino valley for the year-round business." Hancock Named By State Board Dr. Albert E. Hancock, of San Bernardino, yesterday was elected vice-president of the' California board of dental examiners, it we.s announced in an Associated Press dispatcn from San Francisco. Dr. W.

S. Kyes, San Diego, was named president and Dr. Kenneth I. Nesbitt, San Francisco, secretary. Rev.

Lucas to Join In Stewards Parley The Rev. L. V. Lucas, pastor 'of the First Methodist church, today will attend a meeting of the Methodist conference board of stewards, to be held In Los Angeles. DON'T WANNA TROUBLE MONDAY PERFORM First Methodist church.

Mr. Stone, O'Stone." i 1 1 ii i in to Appear Tomorrow Methodist Men's Club "Nilly," the acrobatio clowns that do their famous act on the horizontal bar; "Clarence," the piano player; "Eddie," the banjoist, and "Tony" and his accordian. Also featured are "Donald the Duck" and "Leo the Lion." Mr. Stone, an employe of the Har ris has designed the complete troupe and operates them in their exhibitions. ESCAPE' TOPIC I Dr.

Russell Morse Brougher will speak on "The Scientific Accuracy of the Bible" in the evangelistic meeting to be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight at San Bernardino senior high school auditorium. The three-weeks series is being sponsored by the Calvary Baptist church, of which the Rev. Diltz G. Cowles is pastor. i Last night in his sermon, "How Shall We Escape?" Dr.

Brougher "Our text takes the assumption that salvation is great, that it may be neglected and, if neglected, shall we escape? Some questions have never been answered by the wise ones of this earth and never will. "The words of my text have been through the mill of a thousand universities and colleges. They have threaded their way through the fields of atheism, higher criticism and skepticism. It has been ham- (Continued on Page Eleven) Corwin wTlFAtiind Committee Session Assemblyman Gordon Corwin, of Redlands, today will attend a meeting in Los Angoles of the assembly interim committee on public morals. The committee, headed by Rodney L.

Turner, of Bakersfield, will conduct its probe of the Raymond bombing, Mr. Corwin was Informed. Civil War Veteran Dies in Loma Linda Death last night claimed Cyrus Chapman, nonagenarian Civil war veteran, at his home in Loma Linda. Long retired, Mr. Chapman has lived in Loma Linda for many years.

His wife died six months ago. Funeral arrangements are In charge of the Emmerson mortuary, Redlands. POPULAR EVANGELS AND fHK DAH.T ORANGK BEL1 NEWS MORNING, FEBRUARY HEATER FUMES Upland Grower Nearly Overcome While Riding in Machine Of Lieutenant Governor John B. Howe, 61 years old. prom inent Upland 'citrus grower, was in a Fresno sanitarium last night, after emergency treatment for aftereffects of carbon monoxide poison ing.

Howe, a United Press dispatch from Fresno said, was partially overcome by a heater operating in the car of George J. Hatfield. Hatfield also was treated, as was William Jasper, 40, Los Angeles ad vertising man. Howe, prominent in American Le gion activities and owner of one of the county's largest citrus proper ties, was the most seriously affect ed by the fumes. After emergency treatment at Fresno city hospital, he was removed to Burnett sanitarium.

TRAVELING TO RANCH It was believed he would be released today. Hatfield was traveling from Los Angeles to his ranch near Newman with Jasper and Howe when the trio began to feel effects of the heater as they neared Fresno. Jasper, who was driving, took them immediately to a hospital. After treatment, Hatfield and Jasper continued on to the ranch. Hatfield had been in Southern California most of last week, and was a guest Friday night at the an nual "Duck Dinner" of the National Orange Show.

Grier to Speak To Elks Lodge C. E. Grier of Upland, chairman of the county board of supervisors and president of the California Su pervisors' association, will be the speaker tonight at the weekly meeting of the San Bernardino lodge of Elks. Mr. Grier, recognized as one of the state's outstanding authorities on taxation and relief problems, will speak on "Taxes in California." The meeting will be preceded by a dinner at 6:30 o'clock, J.

F. Hos-field, secretary of the lodge, announced. Malt Shop Entered, Burglars Steal $60 Burglars entered Burns' Malt shop at 454 Base Line, San Bernardino, early yesterday and stole $60 in currency and four candy bars, according to a police report. Officer M. L.

Uptain investigated the theft and said that entrance was gained by cutting a screen and smashing the glass in a door. Af E. Sunday School Board Calls Session The Sunday School board of the First Methodist Episcopal church, San Barnardino, will meet in a dinner session tonight at the church, beginning at 6:30 o'clock. Walter Herkelrath is superintendent of the Sunday school and will be in charge of the meeting. Forty officers and teachers are expected to attend.

Coins Stolen When Home Burglarized Burglars entered the home of L. B. McCully at East Highlands late Saturday night and stole $12 In old coins and small change and numerous other articles. Sheriff's officers investigated the theft. PETITION FROM HOWE 7, 1938 CITY CONSTRUCTION IN JANUARY CLIMBS TO SIXTH IN SOUTH Fifth Ranking Achieved in Amount of Gain Over Corresponding Period One Year Ago San Bernardino ranked sixth among Southern California cities in the amount of construction during January, a check of building activity throughout the Southland revealed yesterday.

The city's total of $285,523. as compared with $123,689, for the same period a year ago, gave the city a ranking of fifth In the amount of gain over 1937. Seventy-two cities were included in the survey. Los Angeles had the greatest amount of new building, but Torrance showed the greatest gain over the corresponding month of 1937. Torrance's total for the month was $1,811,950, while only $41,030 worth of building was authorized there In January of last year.

Colton was one of the few locali ties in San Bernardino county to report a greater volume of con- Week-End In County No Fatalities Reported; Two Youths, Hurt In Mountain Crash, Eight persons were injured over the week-end in automobile ac cidents in widely-separated sections of San Bernardino county, but no traffic fatalities had been reported last night. The injured are; W. F. Cleary, 22 years old, of Ban ning, lacerations and head injury; C. B.

Spangler, 19, of 177 Ninth street, Sftn Bernardino, head injury; Ralph Harrell, 21, sailor, leg injury; Mrs. Edith Johnson, 30, of 1217 Base Line, San Bernardino, fractured leg and lacerations; W. W. Johnson, 33, the latter's husband, leg injury; Mrs. Dorothy Johnson, of 441 LaCa-dena drive, Colton, laceration; Henry Hale, 21, of Los Angeles, chest injury; Barbara Sherry, three years old, of 3279 Arrowhead avenue, lacerations and abrasions.

Spangler and Cleary were Injured in a spectacular crash late Satur The San Bernardino Valley Junior college's adult education division will open its weeks activities to night at 8:15 in the social hall with a concert by Bronislaw Gimpel, 26-year-old noted violinist. Other events on the adult educa tion program for the week follow: Today Meistersingers, Sydney Irving, director, north music hall, 7:30 p.m.; "Economics and Business Forecasting," Dr. Norman T. Ness, Richardson observatory classroom, 7:30 p.m.; "Evidence," police training school class, James L. King, city hall, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday Astronomy, Frank B. Lindsay, Richardson observatory classroom, 7:30 p.m.; public speaking, Arthur Truscott, room No. A-23, 7:30 p.m.; business law, E. P. Brown, room No.

A-18, 7:30 p.m.; escrows, Ralph L. Horine, room No. A-19, 7:30 p.m.; drama, Thelma Cluck, director, women's lounge, 7:30 p.m. Thursday Advanced mineralogy, Walter J. Yeaton, rooms No.

S-20 and S-31, 7:30 p.m.; "Egypt and the Dawn of Civilization," Dr. Mars Baumgardt, social hall, 7:45 p.m. VIOLINIST WILL TONIGHT PST-WILLYOO I hAT PAPERS 5 I FVl I SIGN VOUft NAME KS that rauer WXa LU SiiiSll SECTION TWO INLAND EMPIRE 6 struction last month than In the same month of the preceding year. Colton's building total was $94,956, as compared to $18,847 in 1937. Topping many cities of larger size, Redlands reported new building amounted to $18,003 during January of this year, against $48,484 in the same month last year.

Ontario had a total of $7,700 and Upland $3,375, as compared to $14,875 and $8,740, respectively, in January, 1937. The total construction value in the 72 Southern California localities during the past month was as compared to $11,533,927 in January of 1937. San Bernardino's construction volume was the highest amount established in any January since 1929, ac cording to the city building department. New school buildings costing $153,000 raised the total. Accidents Injure Eight Expected to Recover day night on the first curve of the Rim of the World highway, a mile south of the Arrowhead Springs arch.

Spangler apparently lost control of his car and it crashed into three guard rail posts, skidding over an embankment and plunging on in' to a sign post a hundred feet away Both youths were seriously in jured and are in St. Bernardine's hospital. Neither's condition is re garded as critical, physicians said, Investigating the accident were Highway Patrolmen C. D. Castle and L.

M. Coombe and Deputy Sheriffs George A. Pickett and Robert White and Special Deputy Ernest Grimes. Douglas Glenn, of Santa Monica, travelling to the mountains, was an eye-witness of the accident. He said that Spangler was travelling down- (Continued on Page Eleven) Charles E.

Edwards, well known resident of San Bernardino for the past five years and an employe of the United States forest service, died late Saturday night at a San Bernardino hospital following a lengthy illness. A native of Jacksonville, 111., Mr. Edwards was 48 years old and had resided in California for 11 years. He became ill two years ao. Death came at 11:45 p.

m. Saturday. Funeral services will be held to morrow at 2 p. m. at the Mark (Continued on Page Eleven) 4 Woman Hurt in Slide Accident Mrs.

Margaret Baker, 23 years old, of 129 East Fourth street, San Bernardino, suffered a severe spinal injury yesterday afternoon, when she fell off a toboggan near Big Pines. She was admitted to the Ra-mona hospital, where she is being attended by Dr. F. M. Gardner.

DEATH CLAIMS C. E. EDWARDS By George Marcoux FIECOFID CROWD ATTRACTED 111 IDEAL WEATHER U.S. Predicts New Storm Today; Erosion Control Success in West End Storm Told Lured by the best winter sports conditions of the sea son, thousands of Southern, Californians swarmed 4nto the San Bernardino mountains yesterday. Dazzling white snow, under clear blue skies, beckoned invitingly as the weather man obligingly pro-.

vided typical ideal Southern California weather an interim between storms of last week and others in prospect this week. RESORT8 JAMMED Resorts were jammed as hundreds of cars, loaded down with snow sports equipment, poured in from all parts of the South. A total of 5,321 cars, carrying an estimated 18,000 passengers, passed the Panorama point maintenance station of the state division of highways between p.m. Friday and 8 last night, a check of the "electric eye" disclosed last night E. Q.

Sullivan, district highway engineer, said the crowd was "one of the largest if not the largest" ever to enter the mountains during the winter. Highway workers were kept busy throughout the day untangling traffic jams In the Wrightwood and Big Pines area, but elsewhere the crowd was handled, without difficulty. FORESTER IN CHECK Late last night a long stream of cars continued to wind down the Wrightwood grade, coming from the two resorts. Big Pines is the Los Angeles county playground. District Ranger George P.

Lang of Lake Arrowhead toured the district and counted 928 cars parked along the Rim of the World highway, with all the resorts jammed. At Lake Arrowhead proper he estimated the crowd was between 4,500 and 5,000. At one time during the afternoon nearly 100 cars were parked at the Blue Jay skating rink. The perfect day came at an ideal time for resort owners and snow sports lovers alike, giving many of the latter the first opportunity to don clothing and try out equipment kept in the closet since Christmas. NEW STORM DUE The weather bureau indicated that the respite from storms would be short-lived, with two others on their way down the coast one due to bring showers today and tomorrow.

The bureau's outlook for the week beginning today is: "Generally unsettled weather, with frequent rains along the Pacific slope and local snow or rain in plateau region." The forecast for today and tomorrow In Southern California is: "Cloudy with showers Monday and Tuesday; mild temperatures." Temperatures around the freezing point were anticipated early this morning in the citrus districts, but Jack Janofsky, meteorologist in Badlands, said there was little nronect of heating being required to protect crops. MINIMUMS OF 31 SEEN "Clear sky, generally quiet in the district except for gentle northerly breezes In the vicinity of Fontana, diminishing somewhat after midnight," was Janofsky's prediction. He forecast minimums of 31 degrees for Redlands, Rial to and Bloomington, 32 for Fontana and Highland and above 32 for Colton. Storms of the past week were extremely beneficial to the valley, a survey yesterday indicated, according to Henry J. Wilder, county farm advisor.

No water was lost during the recent rains in the area covered by the Cucamonga soil erosion project," Mr. Wilder said. "Orchards and vineyards check- on Page Eleven) Attention Elks C. E. Grier Chairman, County Board Of Supervisors Speaks Tonight On Taxes in Califo mia Dinner 6.30 P.M.

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